#time

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#african #african americans #comprise #failure #giving

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way. ↗

— Beck

#appropriate #come #digest #distill #eight

At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality. ↗

— Princess Masako

#between #experience #find #hardship #i

I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I'm not doing my job properly. ↗

— Jeff Beck

#break #care #doing #every #fact

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians. ↗

— Walter Becker

#best #better #blues #influences #jazz

Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!' I don't think I've had a facial since I was 19. ↗

— Kate Beckinsale

#did #facial #get #had #i

At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London. ↗

— Gerry Beckley

#around #bands #different #group #kicking

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#forces #hate #i #i believe #i believe that

There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#i #more #nothing #sentimentality #than

I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time. ↗

— Richard Rodney Bennett

#cook #i #music #nice #play